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Milligan ranked in top tier
among its U.S. News category
MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (August 18, 2006) — In
U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 edition of America's Best Colleges,
released this morning, Milligan College is ranked in the top tier of the
South region in the “Best Universities-Master’s” category. This category
includes 557 colleges who provide a full range of undergraduate and
master’s programs and is divided geographically into North, South, Midwest
and West. Milligan is ranked 44 out of 127 colleges in the South region.
Each year U.S. News looks at 15 indicators of academic excellence for
colleges and universities across the United States. These indicators
include input measures that reflect a school’s student body, its faculty,
and its financial resources, and outcome measures that signal how well the
institution does its job of educating students. Indicators include peer
assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student
selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving.
Milligan’s alumni giving rate – the average percentage of alumni who gave
to their alma mater during the previous two years – of 33 percent is one
of the highest in the entire “Best Universities-Master’s” category in all
regions.
“Our alumni are incredibly supportive and recognize the unique mission of
our institution,” said Milligan president Donald R. Jeanes. “They see the
value of a Milligan education and want to make that opportunity possible
for others.”
Jeanes said that the greatest value of the U.S. News rankings is in the
wealth of statistics and data that accompany them.
“We encourage students to look carefully at indicators of academic
quality, as well as finding a good fit with an institution’s mission and
campus community. The statistics are telling, but a college’s special
qualities are far more than what are represented in numbers and
percentages,” he said.
The U.S. News categories are based on the Carnegie Classification of
Institutions of Higher Education released by the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching. Carnegie’s is the most widely accepted system
for classifying American colleges and universities. It is used by
governments and foundations when making funding decisions and is favored
by researchers who study trends in higher education.
The college guide issue is scheduled for the Aug. 28 edition of U.S. News
& World Report, which hits newsstands on Monday, Aug. 21. The rankings are
also available, beginning Aug. 18, at www.usnews.com.
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